The Sei Whale (pronounced /ˈseɪ/ or /ˈsaɪ/), Balaenoptera borealis, is a baleen whale, the third-largest rorqual after the Blue Whale and the Fin Whale.

Reaching 20 meters (66 ft) long and weighing as much as 45 tonnes (44 LT; 50 ST),

Following large-scale commercial whaling during the late-nineteenth and late-twentieth centuries when over 238,000 whales were taken,

The species was first officially described by French naturalist René Primevère Lesson in 1828, but an earlier description was given by Karl Rudolphi in 1822

Sei is the Norwegian word for pollock, also referred to as coalfish, a close relative of codfish. Sei Whales appeared off the coast of Norway at the same time as the pollock, both coming to feed on the abundant plankton.

The Sei was classified as Balaena rostraia, Balaena borealis, Bataenoptera laticeps, and Eulama physalus among others, before Lesson’s alternative Balaenoptera borealis was formalized.

Sei Whales are rorquals (family Balaenopteridae), baleens that includes the Humpback Whale, the Blue Whale, Bryde’s Whale, the Fin Whale, and the Minke Whale.
Source: Wikipedia

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